Cersei utilizes the hippocras while trying to deftly convince the simple-minded Falyse and Balman to dispose of the Ser Bronn of the Blackwater. It is well past midnight before she can get rid of them. Ser Balman proved a great one for suggesting yet another flagon, and the queen did not think is prudent to refuse.

In order to secure the Faith's blessing for her son and cancel the near one million dragons the crown owed the Faith, Cersei allows the High Septon to restore the Faith Militant. Cersei and Taena Merryweather broach a flagon of hippocras and drink to the fervor of the Warrior's Sons on their way home from Cersei’s meeting with the High Sparrow. The hippocras is as sweet and savory as Cersei’s triumph.